Helen Mirren - Biography - IMDb Helen Mirren Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trivia (75) | Personal Quotes (48) Overview (4) 5' 4" (1.63 m) Mini Bio (1) Dame Helen Mirren was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital in West London. Her mother, Kathleen Alexandrina Eva Matilda (Rogers), was from a working-class English family, and her father, Vasiliy Petrovich Mironov, was a Russian-born civil servant, from Kuryanovo, whose own father was a diplomat. Mirren attended St. Bernards High School for girls, where she would act in school productions. After high school, she began her acting career in theatre working in many titles, all the way up to Broadway. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Aidanmacv Spouse (1) ( 31 December 1997 - present) Trivia (75) Her paternal grandparents were Russian.

Her grandfather, Piotr Vasilievich Mironoff, was a Tsarist aristocrat who was in London negotiating an arms deal during World War I when the 1917 Russian Revolution stranded him there. His wife and son (Helen's father) joined him in London. On her mother's side, she is of English descent. Before marrying director Taylor Hackford in 1997, she had lived with him in Los Angeles since 1986. Used to work in Southend on Sea; Essex; UK at an amusement park "The Kursaal" as a "blagger" to attract customers on to rides. She was awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. John Boorman said he cast her opposite Nicol Williamson in Excalibur (1981), against both of their protests, because he felt their dislike of each other made them perfect as rivals Morgana and Merlin. She allegedly refused the C.B.E. (Commander of Order of the British Empire) in 1996.

Nominated for Best Actress, Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for her performance of "Orpheus Descending" at the Donmar Warehouse. [2001] Nominated for Best Actress, Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for her performance in "Mourning Becomes Electra" at the Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton Stage. [2004] Became an Associate Member of RADA. Nominated for Best Actress, Tony Award for "Dance of Death" by August Strindberg . [2002] Despite her Russian birth name and ancestry, she does not speak Russian, but is fluent in French. Her great-great-great-great-grandfather was field-marshal Kamensky, one of the Russian heroes of the Napoleonic wars. She is the only actress to play both Queen Elizabeth I (in Elizabeth I (2005)) and Queen Elizabeth II ( The Queen (2006)). At the premiere of The Queen (2006) at the Venice Film Festival, her performance received a 5 minute standing ovation. Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 2004.

Played a Queen a total of six times: The Queen (2006), Elizabeth I (2005), The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Snow Queen (1995), The Madness of King George (1994), and Caligula (1979). Became the third person, after Sigourney Weaver and Joan Plowright , to win two Golden Globes for acting in the same year. The characters she played were both Queens of England, Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II . She dedicated her BAFTA win for The Queen (2006) (for Best Actress in a Leading Role) to Ian Richardson for playing a huge part in her success story. She said (in her acceptance speech) that Richardson was very supportive towards her when she started out acting, and without him she may not have been so successful. She dedicated this award two days after Richardson died. [2007] Nominated for Best Actress, Tony Award for "A Month in the Country" by Ivan Turgenev . [1995] She and her husband Taylor Hackford are both Oscar-winners. She owns houses in Los Angeles, London, and the south of France.

According to the April 2007 issue of Architectural Digest, She and her husband have sold their estate in New Orleans, which still remains her favorite American city. She won an Oscar for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), making her one of 17 actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2015). The other sixteen actors and their respective performances are: Spencer Tracy for playing Father Edward Flanagan in Boys Town (1938), Gary Cooper for playing Alvin C.

York in Sergeant York (1941), Patty Duke for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962), Jason Robards for playing Ben Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), Robert De Niro for playing Jake La Motta in Raging Bull (1980), Sissy Spacek for playing Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)_, Jeremy Irons for playing Claus Von Bullow in Reversal of Fortune (1990), Susan Sarandon for playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking (1995), Geoffrey Rush for playing David Helfgott in Shine (1996), Julia Roberts for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000), Jim Broadbent for playing John Bayley in Iris (2001), Sandra Bullock for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side (2009), Melissa Leo for playing Alice Eklund-Ward in The Fighter (2010), Christian Bale for playing Dickie Eklund in The Fighter (2010), Meryl Streep for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2011) and

 Eddie Redmayne for playing Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (2014).

Was voted 2nd in Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year in December 2006. Won Film Achievement, Greatest Britons. [2007] Won 29 major awards for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), including all the awards that are considered the biggest (except Cannes). She was also nominated for 3 more awards for the same film. Sister of Peter Basil Mironoff and Katherine Mironoff. Daughter of Vasily Mironoff and Kathleen Rogers. Is one of 13 actresses to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award.

The others in chronological order are Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich (2000), Renée Zellweger for Cold Mountain (2003), Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line (2005), Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls (2006), Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008), Mo'Nique for Precious (2009), Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010), Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011), Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables (2012), Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine (2013), Patricia Arquette for Boyhood (2014) and Julianne Moore for Still Alice (2014). Has a tattoo of a star on her left hand, acquired at a Native American reservation in Minnesota. Met husband-to-be Taylor Hackford when he directed her in White Nights (1985). When the couple married in the Scottish Highlands, Hackford was dressed in a traditional Scottish tartan kilt. According to an article in People Weekly (November 3, 1980) her tattoo is an American Indian symbol meaning "equal but opposite".

Nominated for the 2002 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for "Dance of Death". Was in consideration for the part of Sarah/Anna in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) but Meryl Streep , who went on to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead. She succeeded John Gielgud in two roles after the characters' gender was changed: (1) Gielgud played Prospero in a 1957 production of "The Tempest" in the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane while Mirren played Prospera in The Tempest (2010) (2) Gielgud played Hobson in Arthur (1981) and Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) while Mirren played Lillian Hobson in Arthur (2011). Placed her hand and footprint in cement in front of Graumann Chinese theatre on March 28, 2011. Dated Liam Neeson in 1980 whom she met on the set of Excalibur (1981).

Was presented the 2,488th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame accompanied by her husband Taylor Hackford , two stepsons and Phil Spector (2013) director David Mamet (January 3, 2013). The longest she has gone without an Oscar nomination is 7 years, between The Madness of King George (1994) and Gosford Park (2001). Won Olivier's Award as Best Actress, for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audition" (2013). She named Anna Magnani as her acting idol. She was awarded the Plays and Players London Theatre Critics Award as Best Actress for her roles in 'Teeth 'n' Smiles' and 'The Seagull' (1975). She was awarded the Outer Critics Circle for Outstanding Debut of an Actress for her role in 'A Month in the Country' (1995). Winner of the Volpi Cup as Best Actress for her role in the forthcoming The Queen (2006) at the 63rd Venice Film Festival. [September 2006] Release of her book, "In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures".

[March 2008] Was the 130th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Queen (2006) at The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) on February 25, 2007. She holds the record for second-largest "Best Actress" award sweep (40 wins) for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), following Cate Blanchett (41 wins) for her performance as Jasmine French in Blue Jasmine (2013). She has two roles in common with Judi Dench : (1) Dench played Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), in which Mirren also appeared, while Mirren played her in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981) and (2) Dench played Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love (1998) while Mirren played her in Elizabeth I (2005). Won the Best Actress in a Play Tony Award for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience" on June 7, 2015.

Is one of 15 actresses to have won the Triple Crown of Acting (an Oscar, Emmy and Tony); the others in chronological order are Helen Hayes , Ingrid Bergman , Shirley Booth , Liza Minnelli , Rita Moreno , Maureen Stapleton , Jessica Tandy , Audrey Hepburn , Anne Bancroft , Vanessa Redgrave , Maggie Smith , Ellen Burstyn , Frances McDormand and Jessica Lange .

In 2015, she became the 22nd performer to have received the Triple Crown of Acting: the 1996 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special ( Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness (1995)), the 1999 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie ( The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)), the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie ( Elizabeth I (2005)), the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie ( Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006)), the 2007 Academy Award for Best Actress ( The Queen (2006)), and the 2015 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play ("The Audience"). Is one of 9 actresses who have received an Academy Award nomination for portraying a real-life queen.

The others in chronological order are Norma Shearer for Marie Antoinette (1938), Katharine Hepburn for The Lion in Winter (1968), Geneviève Bujold for Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Vanessa Redgrave for Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Janet Suzman for Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Judi Dench for Mrs Brown (1997) and Shakespeare in Love (1998), Cate Blanchett for Elizabeth (1998) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010). Helen's first Best Actress Oscar and Tony Award for, respectively, The Queen (2006) and "The Audience" (2015), were both written by Peter Morgan and both roles involved portrayals of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II . Helen's initials are, coincidentally, the official abbreviation for "Her Majesty"). She was considered for the role of Sarabi in The Lion King (1994) and that of Zira in The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride (1998).

She was considered for the role of Solitaire in Live and Let Die (1973) that went to Jane Seymour . She tested for the role of Emma in Betrayal (1983). Producer Sam Spiegel eventually chose Patricia Hodge because Mirren's "butt was too big for the part". She turned down the role of Catherine Earnshaw Linton in Wuthering Heights (1970). She was delighted when her friend Anna Calder-Marshall got the part. She auditioned for the role of Neely O'Hara in Valley of the Dolls (1967) that went to Patty Duke . She was considered for many guest roles on Doctor Who (1963) and Doctor Who (2005) - Kassia in "The Keeper of Traken", Todd in "Kinda", Preston in "Warriors of the Deep", Jane Humpden in "The Awakening", Felicity Kendal - Clemency, Lady Eddison in Doctor Who: The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008) and Adelaide Brooke in Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars (2009).

She was considered for Lynda Bellingham 's role in Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), as well as Hilary Pritchard 's role in Adventures of a Private Eye (1977). She was considered for the role of Amy Sumner in Straw Dogs (1971) that went to Susan George . She was offered the role of Daphne Manners in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), but she was unavailable. The role went to Susan Wooldridge . David Lynch considered her for the role of Dorothy Malone in Blue Velvet (1986) that went to Isabella Rossellini . She turned down Joan Collins role in Decadence (1994). She was originally cast as Ms. Weiss in Precious (2009), but obtained a role in a "bigger project.". She was considered for the role of Lilith Beresford in Awake (2007) that went to Lena Olin . She was considered for the role of Julia Drusilla in I, Claudius (1976) that went to Beth Morris .

She was considered for the role of Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) that went to Meryl Streep . She was considered for the role of Lady Ames in The Missionary (1982) that went to Maggie Smith . She was considered for the role of Louise Sawyer in Thelma & Louise (1991) that went to Susan Sarandon . David Greene wanted her for Susannah York 's role in Sebastian (1968). She was considered for the role of Carol Bell in Heroes (1977) that went to Sally Field . She was originally cast as Ranyevskaya in The Cherry Orchard (1999) and was involved with the project from the very beginning and even attended the rehearsals. But when director Mihalis Kakogiannis announced that no one was to leave Bulgaria during the three months of filming she pulled out.

Personal Quotes (48) Helen Mirren | Would you believe that she is almost 70 years old | I Love Older Women I Love Older Women Because mature women are sexy and beautiful Menu Birth Name: Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova Age: 67, born 26 July 1945 Country of origin: United Kingdom Height: 5′ 4″ Relationship Status: Married Dame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards. Share this: Helen Mirren | GossipCenter - Entertainment News Leaders Posted Wednesday March 9, 2016 11:29 AM GMT Helen Mirren left Stephen Colbert lost for words by flirtatiously kissing the talk show host. The 70-year-old British star made a spectacular entrance before her interview on The Late Show on Tuesday (March 8), grabbing Stephen around the neck and delivering a sensual kiss on the lips. Jennifer Lawrence, Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis and Lupita Nyong’o Cover Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issue!

Posted Saturday February 6, 2016 10:00 AM GMT Celebrating the feminine side of Tinseltown, Vanity Fair recruited a dozen darling dames for the 22nd annual Hollywood Issue, coming to newsstands February 8th. “Trumbo” Trailer Has Arrived: Watch Here! Posted Wednesday August 12, 2015 2:00 PM GMT Ever since his game-changing role on “Breaking Bad,” Bryan Cranston has become one of the most intriguing actors of his generation. And now the “Malcolm in the Middle” man is the lead in a fascinating biopic titled “Trumbo,” slated to hit theaters on November 6th. Katie Holmes and Helen Mirren: “Woman in Gold” Premiere Pals Posted Tuesday March 31, 2015 9:14 AM GMT Kicking off the week with some promotional duties, Katie Holmes and Helen Mirren showed up at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City on Monday night (March 30).

The “Dawson’s Creek” cutie and “The Queen” star were in the house to premiere their new flick “Woman in Gold,” also starring Ryan Reynolds and Max Irons. Helen Mirren Premieres “The Hundred-Foot Journey” in Manhattan Posted Tuesday August 5, 2014 7:53 PM GMT Kicking off the week with some promotional duties, Helen Mirren attended the premiere of her new movie “The Hundred-Foot Journey” at New York City’s Ziegfeld Theater on Monday night (August 4). The “Queen” veteran was darling in a black dress with lace overlay and a beige cardigan as she mingled with fellow guests and posed for photos. Helen Mirren On Meeting Queen Elizabeth II: “I Was Terrified!” Posted Saturday July 19, 2014 8:03 AM GMT With so much experience in Hollywood over the years, it doesn’t seem like anything could intimidate Helen Mirren anymore. However, in her new feature article in the August 2014 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, the “Calendar Girls” gal admitted she freaked out when she met Queen Elizabeth II.

Helen Mirren Featured in Redbook: “I Wear Makeup Every Day” Posted Thursday July 3, 2014 12:03 PM GMT Despite the fact that she’s turning 69 this summer, Helen Mirren is on top of her game in a way many of her peers can’t comprehend. The “Calendar Girls” actress sat down with Redbook for a fascinating interview included in the August 2014 issue. Helen Mirren | Celebrity-gossip.net Helen Mirren Helen Mirren: I’m Coming to “Fast 8” Known the world over for her prim and proper disposition, Dame Helen Mirren has announced she’ll appear in the forthcoming “Fast 8” installment of the Fast and Furious franchise. The 70-year-old star of “The Queen” told ELLE magazine, “I want to be making film and theater, but film is particularly relevant. I like it to be serious. Of course, having said that, I’m about to do ‘Fast and Furious 8.’ But that’s for the fun of it.

So maybe that’s what I want as well, some fun and some relevant, serious, important movies.” 50 interesting facts about Helen Mirren: She has portrayed a queen six times in movies : People : BOOMSbeat NEXT POST (Photo : Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) DEAUVILLE, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 06: Helen Mirren attends 'The Hundred Foot Journey' Premiere on September 6, 2014 in Deauville, France. Helen Mirren is a revered, award-winning actress who’s film and TV work includes Prime Suspect, Caligula, Shadowboxer, Elizabeth I and The Queen. Helen Mirren was born on July 26, 1945 in Chiswick, London, England. Her name at birth was Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova. Her grandfather, Piotr Vasilievich Mironoff, was a Tsarist (White Russian) aristocrat who was in London negotiating an arms deal during World War I when the 1917 Russian Revolution stranded him there. His wife and son (Helen's father) joined him in London. On her mother's side, she is of English descent.

Mirren attended St Bernard's High School for Girls in Southend-on-Sea, where she acted in school productions, and subsequently a teaching college, the New College of Speech and Drama in London. Mirren was attracted to theater at an early age, finding her inspiration at the age of 13 at an amateur production of Hamlet. "I was blown away by all this over-the-top drama," she said in an interview with The Times UK. "We grew up without TV and never went to the cinema, so after Hamlet, all I wanted to do was get back into that world where all those fabulous things were possible." She joined the National Youth Theatre at the age of eighteen. By age 20, however, Mirren was starring as Cleopatra in the 1965 production of Antony and Cleopatra. Her performance as the Egyptian leader landed her an agent, as well as a place with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She used to work in Southend on Sea; Essex; UK at an amusement park "The Kursaal" as a "blagger" to attract customers on to rides.

Helen Mirren appeared in Caligula (1980), which also starred Malcolm MacDowell and Peter O'Toole. The film, controversial for its strong violence and explicit sex scenes, had a self-imposed X rating. Mirren stated she had been date raped as a student and had often taken cocaine at parties in her 20s, and until the 1980s. Advertisement Mirren is a strong believer in karma - what goes around will come around so be weary of how you are to others. Mirren dated actor Liam Neeson in 1980 whom she met on the set of Excalibur (1981). During an interviewed with James Lipton for Inside the Actors Studio, Neeson said she was instrumental in his getting an agent. In 1992, Mirren landed her breakthrough TV role as Detective Inspector Jane Tennison in the public television mystery series, Prime Suspect. By the time the show came to an end in 2006, Mirren had received five BAFTA Awards and several Emmy award nominations for her performance on the show, including a win in 1996 for Outstanding Lead Actress.

Made her directorial debut by helming the "Happy Birthday" segment of the 2001 TV-movie On the Edge. (Photo : Jason Merritt/Getty Images) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 12: Actress Helen Mirren attends the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 12, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. Advertisement Mirren continue to pursue her page for theater and received a Tony award nomination her role in 1995's A Month in the Country, and again in 2002 for Dance of Death, co-starring Sir Ian McKellen. She allegedly refused the C.B.E. (Commander of Order of the British Empire) in 1996. Mirren had publicly vowed never to marry. She finally succumbed and wed Taylor Hackford, the director, in 1997. Though it was not her most critically-acclaimed movie, her favorite role was in 'Teaching Mrs. Tingle", the 1999 film in which she played the evil history teacher. In the 2002 TV-movie Door to Door, she played William H.

Macy's mother even though he's only five years her junior. She was awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. She became an Associate Member of RADA. She exercises at least 4 times a week and her favorite workout is walking or light jogging. Despite her Russian birth name and ancestry, she is not fluent in Russian. After appearing in the buff in the film 'The Calendar Girls', she is quoted to have said that people are not interested in seeing pictures of churches. They are interested in seeing naked bodies." She is the only actress to ever play both Queen Elizabeth I, in the 2005 film 'Elizabeth I' and Queen Elizabeth II, in the 2006 film 'The Queen'. Her performance in the 2006 film 'The Queen' landed Mirren her first Oscar, and also earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress. She then earned a Golden Globe and Emmy award for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in the HBO movie Elizabeth I. Her favorite color is yellow. Mirren was voted the sexiest older woman in the world, in 2007.

Mirren is known to have a rebellious streak. When on a visit to a Native American reservation located in Minnesota, on a whim she got a star tattoo made on her left hand. Helen Mirren and her husband Tayloer Hackford live in both London and Los Angeles. She named Anna Magnani as her acting idol. Mirren has said she is an atheist. In the August 2011 issue of Esquire magazine, Mirren said, "I am quite spiritual. I believed in fairies when I was a child. I still do sort of believe in the fairies. And the leprechauns. But I don't believe in God." On 11 May 2010, Mirren attended the unveiling of her waxwork at Madame Tussauds London. The figure reportedly cost £150,000 to make and took four months to complete. In August 2013, Mirren was announced as one of several new models for Marks & Spencer's 'Womanism' campaign. Her net worth is $50 million. Mirren is 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) tall. She and her husband Taylor Hackford are both Oscar-winners.

Helen Mirren is fluent in French. (Photo : Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 03: Dame Helen Mirren attends the Glamour Women of the Year Awards at Berkeley Square Gardens on June 3, 2014 in London, England. According to the April 2007 issue of Architectural Digest, She and her husband have sold their estate in New Orleans, which still remains her favorite American city. She is the stepmother of Rio Hackford and Alexander Hackford. Mirren is the sister of Peter Basil Mironoff and Katherine Mironoff. Helen Mirren is the daughter of Vasily Mironoff and Kathleen Rogers. (Photo : Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 04: Actress Helen Mirren attends the 'The Hundred-Foot Journey' New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on August 4, 2014 in New York City.

Mirren played a Queen a total of six times: The Queen (2006), Elizabeth I (2005) (TV), The Prince of Egypt (1998), The Snow Queen (1995), The Madness of King George (1994), and Caligola (1979). Her measurements: 36C-25-36 (starlet days) and 38C-26-37 (on "Prime Suspect"-1996). Helen Mirren became an Associate Member of RADA. She played a brothel madam in Love Ranch, a film directed by husband Taylor Hackford. Helen Mirren has served as an ambassador for the human rights organization Oxfam. She called her Prime Suspect role "the biggest break of my career." (Photo : Chris Jackson/Getty Images) LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 16: Actress Helen Mirren attends the EE British Academy Film Awards 2014 at The Royal Opera House on February 16, 2014 in London, England.

As Helen Mirren turns 70 here are 70 things you may not know about her - Mirror Online Celebs As Helen Mirren turns 70 here are 70 things you may not know about her She’s the ultimate in sexy silver vixens. And we’re celebrating her 70th birthday on Sunday with 70 facts from the amazing life of Dame Helen Mirren Share Everyone loves a dame: Helen Mirren (Photo: Getty) Share Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 1 She has played a queen six times on screen and is the only actress who has portrayed both Elizabeth I and II. 2 Her grandfather, Pyotr Vasielivch Mironov, was a Tsarist aristocrat left stranded in London while negotiating an arms deal in the Russian Revolution. Dame Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II for the play The Audience by Peter Morgan (Photo: PA) 3 She’s rarely off it now, but Helen grew up without a TV set. 4 In 2001 she directed a movie called Happy Birthday. Which didn’t win any awards.

5 Her early acting nickname was Little Mother Russia – a nod to her ancestry. 6 She dated Liam Neeson after they met on the film Excalibur in 1981. “We loved each other. It was difficult to let go,” she said. 7 She once campaigned for high street designers to start making dresses with sleeves which are more flattering for older women. View gallery 8 She used to work at The Kursaal theme park in Southend, Essex, as a “blagger” trying to draw in punters. 9 She may be a Dame now, but she wasn’t always so well-behaved. She has admitted taking cocaine in her 20s. 10 She packs light. really light. She takes only underwear, buying the rest at charity shops on landing. 11 Her name at birth was Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova. 12 Her big TV breakthrough was in 1991 as Detective Inspector Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect. Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect 13 After insisting she would never wed, she succumbed in 1997, marrying her long-term partner, film director Taylor Hackford.

14 She became an unwitting fitness inspiration in 2008 when she was pictured on holiday in a red bikini aged 63, displaying the kind of abs a gym junkie would be proud of. 15 She won her first Oscar in 2006 for her title role in The Queen. Three hours later she was pictured eating burger and fries in her ballgown. Helen Mirren, winner Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Queen 2007 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted by Graydon Carter (Photo: Wireimage) 16 Dame Helen Mirren’s favourite colour is yellow. 17 In 2007 she was named as the World’s Sexiest Older Woman. 18 A tattoo of two interlocking Vs on her left hand meanis “love thy neighbour”–it’s a reminder to be tolerant. 19 Her waxwork figure at Madame Tussauds cost £150,000 to make. 20 She speaks French fluently. But not Russian. 21 As part of the prep for her role in 2010’s Love Ranch, she spent a night in a real US brothel.

22 She modelled for Marks & Spencer at 67 and the outfits she wore sold out in days. 23 She acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company, first appear­­ing in The Revenger’s Tragedy in 1966. 24 She never says “no” to requests for selfies, photos or autographs. 25 To play a retired Mossad agent in The Debt, she went to Israel and and studied the Hebrew language, Jewish history, and Holocaust writing. 26 Filming Calendar Girls, director Nigel Cole had to tell her to put her robe back on after a naked scene. Dame Helen Mirren attends a photocall to unveil a new waxwork of herself at Madame Tussauds on May 11, 2010 in London (Photo: Getty) 27 She does the Royal Canadian Air Force workout for 12 mins a day. 28 In 2013, she dyed her hair pink Two years later, it is still a trend.

29 She said a 1975 interview with Michael Parkinson was “enraging” after he called her “sluttishly erotic”.” Helen Mirren is still angry about a 1975 appearance on the Michael Parkinson show, calling the experience "enraging" (Photo: Splash) 30 She is not religious. In fact she says she is an atheist. 31 In 2008 she said she had been date-raped as a young woman. 32 In 1995 she made her Broadway debut in A Month In The Country and was nominated for a Tony award. 33 She once said: “I’ve been on a diet my whole life!” 34 Helen once said being a feminist as “f***ing obvious”. 35 Dame Helen measures up as 5 ft 4 in height. 36 Her favourite tipple is champagne. Helen Mirren aged 25 37 She has admitted a crush on Amer­ican movie hulk Vin Diesel. 38 On Eye In The Sky last year her stunt double was 30 years younger.

39 She hates the “pornification” of society and criticises women who make sex tapes as a “passport to fame. 40 After a claim that her ad for L’Oreal face cream was airbrushedthe firm released photos showing she was naturally beautiful. 41 She once joined Facebook under a pseudonym but left after 24 hours. 42 Her cleavage has a YouTube channel. Helen Mirren in Calendar Girls 43 She uses the New York subway. 44 To join the EGOT club – artists with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony – she needs just the Grammy. 45 Her red carpet footwear is the “stripper heel”. 46 She says sex in her 60s is best. 47 Her grandma told her: “Sex only gets better into your 80s.” 48 She fears flying. 49 A wooden Buddha is her most treasured possession. 50 She said: “I am not too keen on my nose, I don’t like my knees, I hate my ankles, I am unsure about my behind, I don’t like my legs at all. I am not too sure about my chin, my forehead is a bit dodgy.

But, overall, I can live with it.” 51 She hates speaking on the phone. 52 Her favour­­ite TV show is Project Runway. 53 She once stormed out of a London theatre in mid-play to silence a passing troupe of drummers. 54 In 2007, she had the conch part of her ear pierced. 55 Oprah Winfrey visit her for tea. 56 She knows how to twerk like Miley Cyrus. 57 She tripped up the stairs at the Berlin Film Festival this year. Helen Mirren attends the 'Woman in Gold' premiere during the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival at Friedrichstadt-Palast on February 9, 2015 in Berlin, Germany (Photo: Getty) 58 Russell Brand says he fell in love with her shooting the film Arthur. 59 In 2007 she met long-lost relatives in Russia. 60 She says she hates romantic chick flicks. 61 Her father was a taxi driver and then a civil servant. 62 A palm reader told student Helen she’d find “great success” after 40. 63 She has homes in Hollywood and London.

64 She says women with lip fillers look like “huge platypuses”. 65 She likes to wear plastic Croc sandals. 66 She has never had any children. 67 But she does love having dogs in her life. 68 She takes the bus when she’s in London. 69 Her hobbies include gardening, and dress-making.

70 In eight words, Helen Mirren sums herself up: “Being me right now is sort of amazing.” Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent Most Read Most Recent Helen Mirren - Actor - CineMagia.ro Helen Mirren Vezi toate » Nume real: Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova · Locul naşterii: Chiswick, London, England, UK · Data naşterii: 26.07.1945 (71 ani) · Ocupaţie: Actriţă, producătoare, regizoare · Constituţie: subţire · Înălţime: 163 cm · Culoarea ochilor: căprui · Culoarea părului: blond · Zodia: Leu · Etnie/rasă: albă · Religie: ateu · Ţara natală: Marea Britanie Poze (94) Toate pozele » Biografie Helen Mirren (Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova ) s-a nascut la Londra pe 26 iulie 1945.

Bunicul sau, Piotr Vasilievich Mironoff , aristrocat rus a venit in Anglia , facand negot cu arme pe timpul Revolutie ruse din 1917si impreuna cu sotia si fiul sau s-au stabilit in Londra. Parintii sai Vasily Mironoff si Kathleen Rogers se cunosc aici si au 3 copii impreuna, pe Helen, Peter Basil Mironoff si Katherine Mironoff. Traind din 1986 cu T. Hackford se casatoreste cu acesta in 1997. Producatorul,... mai mult Helen Mirren (Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova ) s-a nascut la Londra pe 26 iulie 1945. Bunicul sau, Piotr Vasilievich Mironoff , aristrocat rus a venit in Anglia , facand negot cu arme pe timpul Revolutie ruse din 1917si impreuna cu sotia si fiul sau s-au stabilit in Londra.

Parintii sai Vasily Mironoff si Kathleen Rogers se cunosc aici si au 3 copii impreuna, pe Helen, Peter Basil Mironoff si Katherine Mironoff. Traind din 1986 cu T. Hackford se casatoreste cu acesta in 1997. Producatorul, regizorul, scriitorul si chiar actorul Taylor Hackford pleaca impreuna cu aceasta in Los Angeles unde se stabilesc iar Hellen devine si mama vitrega a copiilor sotului ei din casatoria anterioara: Rio Hackford , actor si el si Alexander Hackford. Detinatoare a 44 de nominalizari la diferite festivaluri cinematografice de prestigiu, a 63 de premii de specialitate si a marelui premiu OSCAR / 2007 pentru interpretarea rolului principal din filmul The Queen. Actrița a fost recompensată cu o stea pentru filmele sale, situată în partea de sud, aria 6700, pe Bulevardul Walk of Fame din Hollywood.

Queen Of The BAFTA's: A Look At Dame Helen Mirren's Love Life | YourTango If you 'like' us, we'll LOVE you! Find out who 2014 BAFTA Fellowship winner Dame Helen Mirren has loved in her life! Dame Helen Mirren has had a wild life: Theatre! Sex ! Cocaine! Pink hair! A longstanding fear of childbirth! This year's BAFTA Fellowship goes to the 68-year-old star of The Queen, Red, Caligula and more — and we can't think of a more interesting actress more deserving of the honor. Born Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova on July 26, 1945, Mirren told GQ she frequently used cocaine at parties in her 20s. Prior to receiving this year's BAFTA Fellowship, Mirren won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards. Oh, and she received damehood in 2003! Although Mirren has stated she has "no maternal instinct whatsoever," she does play the role of stepmother to husband Taylor Hackford's two children.

Get to know all the men who've been lucky enough to love the stage and screen legend IRL! Peter O'Toole Peter O'Toole met Dame Helen Mirren on the set of Caligula, one of the most scandalous (and critically panned) movies of its time The late O'Toole and Mirren were rumored to date, but they're more known for their screen legend statuses than their romance.

Question: Which actress has the real name Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova?
Answer: Helen Mirren